Chamberlain was a British politician
Who had studied in France and worked in India.
He returned in time to be involved in Versailles,
Where he worked on Germany’s reparations load.
He was a League of Nations sceptic who
Believed that individual nations could and should
Resolve their own differences, and not hew
To the orders of the League – perhaps they would.
As foreign minister for Britain, he collaborated
On the “Dawes Pact” at Locarno, which precipitated
German economic repairs and French withdrawals,
Supervision and loans, avoiding border brawls.
Later, for supporting an Irish free state he ‘paid,’
And warned of Hitler’s rise before those plans seemed laid.
June Edvenson 